A little exercise goes a long way

[Redkite]

Not a good night last night - woke from my slumber on the sofa at 1am to find son's pump alarming "low suspend" and BG 2.7 (we've invested in a box of 5 sensors so benefitting from all the Veo's features for once!). He had some lucozade and flopped about on the landing for a while, eventually rising to 6.5, restarted basal, turned down to 80% for 2 hours, set my alarm for 6. Pump alarmed again just before the clock alarm, this time 3.3, basal suspended again. The sensor graph shows an almost flat line in the 3's for most of the night apart from a little blip up into the 6's at 1.30am (don't know how to post attachments on here).

What caused this? Three hours of tennis! He hasn't been totally idle, but there's been a lot of screen/console time lately, so a bit of exercise took his system by surprise. He had reduced his lunch bolus beforehand and afternoon basal, but not tea and evening (never played tennis before so we didn't expect such an after-effect!). Needless to say, large insulin reductions have been made today (the tennis runs Mon-Thurs).

The Veo with CGM is fab though 🙂

 

[Northerner]

Glad you had the sensors! 🙂 I find that familiar exercise is pretty predictable, but anything out of the ordinary will drop my levels right down. I can only presume it's something to do with using different muscles - I normally just run, so anything involving my upper body usually has a dramatic lowering effect. Hope the plan works for future games! 🙂

 

[Redkite]

Thanks! We'll see what happens tonight. He's had levels 4's to 6's all afternoon and evening which is unusually on target for him 😉. And a large 99 ice cream and some sweets!

 

[Caroline]

It's good all the sensors are working and you were able to treat hypos. Hope tonight is better for you both

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Glad you had the benefit of CGM to alert you and that you've managed to sort it. More importantly... How is his backhand coming on? 🙂

 

[Redkite]

Glad you had the benefit of CGM to alert you and that you've managed to sort it. More importantly... How is his backhand coming on? 🙂

He says he's the worst player at backhand but has been doing Andy Murray serves!! One of those statements is likely to be closer to the truth than the other

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

He says he's the worst player at backhand but has been doing Andy Murray serves!! One of those statements is likely to be closer to the truth than the other

Backhands are all in the feet (especially if going double-handed) - it's more difficult to adjust for errors in anticipation/positioning. Aim to hit a falling ball between knee and waist high. (see! all those Easter holiday groups when I was 8 weren't wasted after all...)

 

[Redkite]

I'm impressed 😉

This is his first ever block of tennis lessons, and tbh I don't know if/when he'll be able to play or practice afterwards, because the local club is very expensive to join and you then have to book time on the courts. Schools don't seem to include tennis on their curriculum anymore.